{"id":12574,"date":"2012-07-19T13:02:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T11:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/update-1-vodacom-customers-up-to-50-mln-revenue-grows\/"},"modified":"2012-07-19T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T11:02:40","slug":"update-1-vodacom-customers-up-to-50-mln-revenue-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-vodacom-customers-up-to-50-mln-revenue-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Vodacom customers up to 50 mln, revenue grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG, July 19<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Vodacom, the<br \/>\nSouth African unit of British mobile operator Vodafone,<br \/>\nhas reported a 9.3 percent rise in first-quarter revenue, buoyed<br \/>\nby growth in data and customers.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vodacom said on Thursday revenue totalled just over 17<br \/>\nbillion rand ($2.1 billion)in the quarter to end-June.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vodacom, which has operations in South Africa, Democratic<br \/>\nRepublic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Lesotho, said its<br \/>\ncustomer numbers totalled 50 million at the end of June,<br \/>\ncompared with 47.8 million at the end of March.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am particularly pleased with the sustained high growth<br \/>\ndelivered by the International operations. Data demand in this<br \/>\nsegment is accelerating, with active data customers increasing<br \/>\n152 percent and data revenue up 150 percent,&#8221; chief executive<br \/>\nPieter Uys said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Group data revenue was up almost 17 percent.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Although Vodacom has the largest subscriber base in South<br \/>\nAfrica, it is dwarfed on the continent by MTN Group.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vodacom and its rivals are fighting to extract more revenue<br \/>\nfrom data as the market for mobile voice usage stagnates.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The company said this month that Uys would step down in<br \/>\nMarch, to be replaced by Shameel Joosub, a Vodacom veteran who<br \/>\nis currently head of Vodafone&#8217;s Spanish unit.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vodacom shares are up 2 percent this year, compared with a 4<br \/>\npercent rise in the benchmark Top-40 index.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG, July 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Vodacom, the South African unit of British mobile operator Vodafone, has reported a 9.3 percent rise in first-quarter revenue, buoyed by growth in data and customers. Vodacom said on Thursday revenue totalled just over 17 billion rand ($2.1 billion)in the quarter to end-June. 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